Cisse hails his late winner for Newcastle against Palace (Picture: Getty)

They say you have to be Barking mad to try and beat the odds.

But one lucky mystery punter, from the Essex town of Barking, took his local bookies to the cleaners with an extraordinary slice of beginner’s luck to trouser a whopping £86,478.

He entered the shop on Saturday morning and made his tipping debut with a 16-team football accumulator at odds of 17,000/1.

The customer – who has Newcastle’s Papiss Cisse to thank after his injury-time winner against Crystal Palace – scooped almost £3400 on top of his jackpot as a result of rounding his stake up to £5.20 from £5.